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Definitions for Pounce

[1] to swoop down suddenly and grasp, as a bird does in seizing its prey.
[2] to spring, dash, or come suddenly: Unexpectedly she pounced on the right answer.
[3] to seize (prey) suddenly: The bird quickly pounced its prey.
[4] the claw or talon of a bird of prey.
[5] a sudden swoop, as on an object of prey.
[6] to emboss (metal) by hammering on an instrument applied on the reverse side.
[7] a fine powder, as of cuttlebone, formerly used to prevent ink from spreading in writing, or to prepare parchment for writing.
[8] a fine powder, often of charcoal, used in transferring a design through a perforated pattern.
[9] Also called pounce bag, pounce box . a small bag filled with pounce and struck against a perforated design.
[10] to sprinkle, smooth, or prepare with pounce.
[11] to trace (a design) with pounce.
[12] to finish the surface of (hats) by rubbing with sandpaper or the like.
[13] (intr; often foll by on or upon) to spring or swoop, as in capturing prey
[14] the act of pouncing; a spring or swoop
[15] the claw of a bird of prey
[16] (tr) to emboss (metal) by hammering from the reverse side
[17] a very fine resinous powder, esp of cuttlefish bone, formerly used to dry ink or sprinkled over parchment or unsized writing paper to stop the ink from running
[18] a fine powder, esp of charcoal, that is tapped through perforations in paper corresponding to the main lines of a design in order to transfer the design to another surface
[19] (as modifier ) a pounce box
[20] to dust (paper) with pounce
[21] to transfer (a design) by means of pounce

Words related to Pounce

dash, snatch, spring, dive, drop, bound, dart, jump, attack, swoop, strike, ambush, surge

Words nearby Pounce

poulter's measure, poulterer, poultice, poultry, poultryman, pounce, pouncet box, pound, pound cake, pound cost averaging, pound key

Origin of Pounce

31700–10; < French ponce ≪ Latin pūmicem, accusative of pūmex pumice

Other words from Pounce

pounc·ing·ly , adverb
pounc·er , noun

Word origin for Pounce

C18: from Old French ponce, from Latin pūmex pumice

Synonyms for Pounce

ambush, attack, bound, dart, dash, dive, drop, jump, snatch, spring, strike, surge, swoop, fall upon, take unawares